Welcome to Felt-Ed

I'm very excited to be blogging as Felt-Ed.  For my first post, I thought I'd tell you a little bit about me, Felt-Ed and what you can hope to find here on the blog and on my website 

Who is Felt-Ed?

 

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Felt-Ed is me, Sarah Jones, a textile artist specialising in felt making. I am also a qualified primary school teacher and have worked in nurseries, primary schools and within the community learning sector.  I completed my Level 1 City and Guilds in Creative Textiles, where I achieved a distinction, back in 2013, and have just completed my Level 3 Certificate in Feltmaking.  I'm looking forward to starting my next course in Textile Embellishment in September. 

What is Felt-Ed?

Felt-Ed is the place to go for resources, workshops and felt-making kits for children and the education sector. Here on the blog, you can expect to find interesting and informative articles about felt making and the teaching of art whilst over on my website, you'll find kits, lesson plans and other downloadable resources. Combining my love of felt making, with my knowledge and experience of teaching, I'm going to be sharing the fabulous art of felt making with everyone.

How did Felt-Ed begin? 

Felt-Ed started out as a part of The Gingerbread Bunny.  Back in June 2014, I worked with Lowton Junior and Infant School in Wigan on a large, felt wall hanging for their new entrance.  During the week long project, every child in the school was involved.  It was such an amazing experience and I knew, from that moment, that sharing felt making with as many children as I could was my mission.  

Over the following year, I worked in a further 7 schools in Wigan, Chorley, Bolton and Warrington - some for large scale projects, others for half day workshops as part of arts weeks - each was marvellous and we created some wonderful felt art based on gardens, flowers, the sea and even Lowry.  

I've decided to separate out my work with schools and the education sector so that I can continue to develop it into something exciting and informative.